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NewsMediaWorks reveals finalists for the News Media Awards

NewsMediaWorks has revealed the finalists for the new News Media Awards, which combines the former PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards and the Advertising and Marketing Awards.

The announcement:

NewsMediaWorks today announced the finalists for the new-look 2018 News Media Awards that combine the former PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards and the Advertising and Marketing Awards.

More than 500 entries were submitted for the 2018 awards by news media publishers from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific.

The awards recognise excellence in cross platform news publishing, reflected in categories covering Advertising, Marketing, Technical, Product Innovation, Executive Excellence, Photography and the overall News Brand awards.

“The rebranded News Media Awards place a new emphasis on platform agnostic news brands and is an important step forward for the awards, now in their 49th year. Publishers have embraced the revised format and categories, which reflect the changing nature of news brands to meet the needs of advertisers and readers, where trust in their media choices to provide quality, credible journalism is critical,” NewsMediaWorks CEO, Peter Miller, said.

The 2018 News Media Awards gala dinner will be held on September 14th at the Hilton Sydney, hosted by The Chaser’s Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen, at the conclusion of the annual INFORM News Media Summit.

The News Media Awards are sponsored by Media Super, Norske Skog, AAP, DIC and UnLtd. To view a full list of 2018 finalists see: http://www.newsmediaworks.com.au/2018-nma-finalists/.

Judges for 2018 were Adrianne Nixon, Alan Oakley, Andy Moger, Ben Sharp, Brian Hill, Bruce Davidson, Camila Carmody, Charlie Murdoch, Chelsea Wymer, Cheryl Stanion, Chris Freel, Damien Munday, David Krug, David Roles, Ed Efchak, Eva Rinaldi, Gerard Noonan, Grant Booker, Ian Moore, Jane Ractliffe (nee Schulze), Janine Perrett, Jason Howard, Jodie Sangster, John Trevorrow, Julia Spencer, Karyn Krawford, Kellie Northwood, Linda Wong, Magdoom Mohamed, Mal Dale, Mark Dadswell, Mark Sharman, Michael Van Wyk, Miguel D’Souza, Nic Hodges, Nicole McInnes, Peter Miller, Phillip Campbell, Rick Neville, Rick Slowgrove, Rosie Baker, Steve Packham, Sunita Gloster, Ted Horton, Tim Bauer, Tim Burrowes, Tony Gillies, Udesh Gunatunga, Virginia Hyland.

Source: Third Avenue Consulting

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